Skate attachment



E. G. JAHNKE 2,205,412

SKATE ATTACHMENT Filed Feb. 23, 1939 llllll INYENTUR EDBJHRD BEBE EJFJHNKEL w way HTTURNEES- Patented June 25 1940 UNITED stares SKATEATTACHMENT Edward George Jahnke, U. S. S. Wyoming,

New York, N. Y.

Application February 23, 1939, Serial No. 258,079

3 Claims.

This invention relates to improvements in skate attachments, and hasparticular reference to a device adapted to be secured to the runner ofan ice skate, whereby the wearer may walk upon any surface with comfortand ease, without in any way injuring the skate runner.

A further object is to produce a device of this character which may bequickly attached to the runner of a skating shoe while the user is in ahouse, for instance, where there is the comfort of heat, and thereafterthe wearer can travel the desired distance to the skating area.

A further object is to produce a device which is simple to manipulate,and one which will opcrate on either the right-hand or left-hand skatewith equal facility.

A further object of the invention is to provide means for securelyclamping the skate runner dental slippage.

Other objects and advantages will be apparent during the course of thefollowing description.

In the accompanying drawing forming a part of this specification and inwhich like numeralsare employed to designate like parts throughout thesame,

Fig. 1 is a top plan view of my device;

Fig. 2 is a bottom plan View thereof;

Fig. 3 is a side elevation, showing an ice skate in broken lines;

Fig. 4 is an enlarged fragmentary detailed View of one of the clampingscrews; and

Fig. 5 is a cross sectional view taken on the line 5-5 of Fig. 1.

Ice skating is a healthful pastime when the sport may be enjoyed withoutsuffering from the cold. It is the customary practice for skaters tocarry their skating shoes and extra stockings to the skating area.Frequently they sit upon the cold ground, snow or benches, remove thewalking shoes and put on the cold skating shoes, and necessarily reversethe process when leaving the ice. In other words, the person. skatingmay become chilled in going onto the ice and may again become chilledwhen leaving the ice. With my device, it is merely a matter of quicklyclamping the same to the runner of the skate and to proceed to onesdestination.

In the accompanying drawing wherein for the purpose of illustration isshown a preferred embodiment of my invention, the numeral 5 designates aplate rounded at both ends to conform with the average toe of a shoe.The bottom is also curved as shown at A and B, so that a person walkingwill have no difiiculty, as the plate will not give in the manner thatan ordinary shoe would give; and, therefore, it is necessary that therebe a rocking action for comfortable walking. The bottom of the plate ispreferably serrated, as illustrated in Fig. 2, to prevent slipto thedevice, whereby there may be no accipage when, walking upon the ground.Formed upon the plate is an upstanding rib ii and a pair of upstandinglugs l and 8. These lugs carry threaded elements 9, upon the end ofwhich is mounted a movable clamp II. The threaded elements 9 may beattached to the clamp'in any desired manner. In this particularinstance, I have shown a groove l2 formed inthe threaded elements 9 anda pin l3 carried in the clamp and engaging the groove 12. 7

It will be apparent that a person may readily place the runner of theskate between the clamp II and the rib 6, and by then rotating thethreaded elements 9 with a suitable key wrench, the runner of the skatewill be tightly gripped, after which the user may walk to hisdestination with ease and without danger of turning the ankle orinjuring the runner of the skate.

It is to be understood that the form of my invention herewith shown anddescribed is to be taken as a preferred example of the same and thatvarious changes relative to the material, size, shape and arrangement ofparts may be resorted to without departing from the spirit of theinvention or the scope of vthe subjoineot claims.

Having thus described my invention, I claim:

1. A device of the character described,'comprising an elongatedplatehaving an upstanding rib approximately'midway its width and extendingthe entire length thereof, upwardly extending lugs carried by the plateadjacent the ends thereof, screw bolts passing through said lugs, and aplate carried by the ends-of the bolts approximately the same length asthe rib, whereby the runner of a skate is clamped between said memberand the upstanding rib throughout its entire length.

2. A device of the character described, comprising a plate having thesame contour at both ends, an upstanding rib formed on said plate andextending longitudinally throughout its length, upwardly extending lugscarried by the plate adjacent its end, screw bolts passing through saidlugs, and a clamping plate carried by the inner ends of the screw boltsand adapted to clamp the runner of the skate approximately throughoutits length.

3. A- device of the character described, comprising a plate having thesame contour at both ends and an upwardly curved portion between theends, an upstanding rib extending the entire length of the plateintermediate its sides, up.- wardly extending lugs carried. by the plateadjacent its ends, a clamping plate between the lugs and the rib andparallel therewith, screw bolts passing through the lugs and rotatablysupporting the clamping plate, whereby the runner of the skate isclamped approximately throughout its length. 2

EDWARD GEORGE JAHNKE.

